January 18, 2026
R v Chandler [1964] EWCA Crim 1
Chandler was convicted of inciting public nuisance and causing public nuisance by obstructing highways during demonstrations against the Greek Royal Visit. He appealed on grounds concerning jury challenges, arguing he had a legal right to 'stand by' jurors after exhausting peremptory challenges. The Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed the appeal, ruling no such right exists for the accused. Facts The appellant, Terence Norman Chandler, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court in December 1963 of one count of inciting others to cause a public nuisance by obstructing the highway and two counts of causing a public nuisance himself. The offences
